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| Reinforced where covering mast steps |
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| Easy and fast closing along bottom of the sail cover |
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| Stern Sheets |
This blog began in late 2006 with the planning and preparation for a circumnavigation of the world in my 39-foot sail boat Pachuca. It then covered a successful 5-year circumnavigation that ended in April 2013. The blog now covers life with Pachuca back home in Australia.
Pachuca
Pachuca in Port Angeles, WA USA
Saturday, February 16, 2013
New Sail Cover
Steve from North Sails brought the new sail cover yesterday.
It has features that make it superior to the covers made for me in Fremantle. The sail can be drawn tight above the headboard and at the end of the boom using drawstrings, and the front of the sail cover is zippered shut. These measures eliminate past problems where the ends of the sail were at times exposed to the destructive UV rays of sunlight.
Steve also brought the two sheets to be fitted along the sides of the cockpit frame. They represent a low-cost "proof of concept" experiment to see if they will allow the boat to point better when hove to in a gale.
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1 comment:
I had no idea that Pachuca's name was on a blue sail..fancy that!
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